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1911 · ref. xxx010 — Spokane: n.p. 1911. Soft cover. Good. Original cord-tied student-created "tablet" of flower paintings in color and pencil drawings. School "copy work" would be the genre. Tall 6" x 9". The name "Emma" is on some of the leaves. At bottom of the hand-decorated cover is in strong pencil hand "April 28. Alcott School / Miss Slater Teacher / Miss Fern Myers Subt." At the top in bold upper case letters is "SPRING TERM. / 1911." Along the perimeter of the cover is a double line of dashes nicely intersecting at the corners. The twelve leaves are a combination of pencil drawings and beautiful flower paintings. I am uncertain of the medium as it doesn't quite look like watercolor. Most leaves are dated. About Alcott School from Dept of Archeology and Historic Preservation: YESTERDAY: The original Alcott School was first identified as the Carnhope School and was known to be in existence as early as 1893. With the consolidation of the school into the Spokane School District in 1914 the name was changed to Alcott Elementary School in honor of popular children's novelist Louisa May Alcott. In 1949 with student population at a record high surplus war buildings were moved from Geiger Field to the school where they were used to accommodate the growing student population. This school was closed in 1955 due to development of the I­90 freeway and a new school was built on Eighth Avenue. The original school building was demolished and a portable auditorium structure was later added to the site of the 1955 eight­room frame structure. TODAY: The school was one of nine elementary schools closed in 1972 due to a levy failure. It was later used for school instructional and administration offices. Today the Instructional Media Center IMC continues to occupy the building which provides space for a textbook depository bookmending services and a film library. A nice little item from an earlier time of education in Washington State not unlike any other state in the early 20th century. Good condition with pages/sheet flexible but should still be considered fragile. n.p. unknown